Australia: Madame du Gast could kick into gear at Geelong
Friday at Geelong Racecourse near Melbourne, Madame du Gast will be favored to win for the second time in her sixth start in a handicap at about 6 1/2 furlongs.
Steve AndersenAug 10, 2022
Friday at Geelong Racecourse near Melbourne, Madame du Gast will be favored to win for the second time in her sixth start in a handicap at about 6 1/2 furlongs.
Miss Scalini, a 6-year-old mare who has won 6 of 29 starts, will start favored in a one-mile handicap at Newcastle Racecourse in Australia on Thursday. She will have a prominent role in the race as the expected front-runner.
The Australian gelding Wisaka is in the midst of the best form of his career and needs to be to continue that success on Wednesday.
The 5-year-old mare Highfield Princess won her first Group 1 and led home a parade of longshots in the Prix Maurice de Gheest on Sunday at Deauville Racecourse in France.
In recent months, Sovereign Express has won a maiden race at seven furlongs on June 25 and a handicap at a mile on July 19. Those wins have led to the longest race of his career in a tougher handicap at 1 1/8 miles on Tuesday at Hawkesbury Racecourse near Sydney, Australia.
A two-race winning streak since late June has forced the Australian gelding Dubai Centre into a higher class of handicap runners in a seven-furlong race at Goulburn Racecourse on Monday.
The Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest, which caters to long-winded sprinters and fast-twitch milers, headlines the weekend racing action in Europe.
When he finishes his races, Valac is unbeatable in steeplechases in Australia this year. Despite a sketchy record, Valac will be favored in Sunday’s $103,650 Crisp Steeplechase at 2 5/8 miles at Sandown Racecourse in Melbourne.
In the last 18 months, Forbidden Love has won three Group 1 races for sprinters in Australia. Another such assignment is likely in coming weeks if Forbidden Love performs to expectations in Saturday’s Group 2 Missile Stakes at six furlongs at Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney.
Saffron Beach traveled to Deauville Racecourse in France and won her third important European race in a row, making all the running and turning back a challenge from the Grade 1-winning filly Tenebrism to win the Prix Rothschild by 2 1/2 lengths.